Animals that are distinguished by a body cold and generally naked; stern and expressive countenance; harsh voice; mostly lurid color; filthy odor; a few are furnished with a horrid poison; all have cartilaginous bones, slow circulation, exquisite sight and hearing, large pulmonary vessels, lobate
liver, oblong thick stomach, and cystic, hepatic, and pancreatic ducts: they are deficient in
diaphragm, do not transpire (sweat), can live a long time without food, are tenatious of life, and have the power of reproducing parts which have been destroyed or lost; some undergo a
metamorphosis; some cast (shed) their skin; some appear to live promiscuously on land or in the water, and some are torpid during the winter.
Heart: 1 auricle, 1 ventricle. Cold, dark red blood
Lungs: breathes uncertainly
Jaw: incumbent
Penis: (frequently) double
Eggs: (usually) membranaceous
Organs of Sense: tongue, nostrils, eyes, ears
Covering: a naked skin
Supports: various, in some none. Creeps in warm places and hisses
Linnaeus often regarded reptiles within the amphibian class because living in
Sweden, he often noticed that the local reptiles (examples include the
common adder and
grass snake) would hunt and be active in the water.
In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Linnaeus included several species of fishes (that do not belong the superclass
Osteichthyes) into the amphibian class. It was not until later on that he would merge them into the Fish class and give them their own new order "Chondropterygious", defining them as species with cartilaginous gills.
Linnaeus divided the amphibians based upon the limb structures and the way they breathed.[2]
Reptiles
The
European pond turtle was named Testudo orbicularis and Testudo lutaria in 1758.
The
Carolina anole was named Lacerta principalis in 1758.The
Sand Lizard was named Lacerta agilis in 1758.The
Smooth Newt was named Lacerta vulgaris, Lacerta palustris and Lacerta aquatica in 1758.The Common Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon, was named Lacerta chameleon in 1758.
^Except for Rana marginata, the modern identities of all Linnaeus' names in Rana are taken from Kitchell & Dundee (1994).[2]
^The modern identities of all Linnaeus' Serpentes taxa (genera Crotalus, Boa (except Boa scytale), Coluber, Anguis, Amphisbaena and Caecilia) are taken from Kitchell & Dundee (1994).[2]
Animals that are distinguished by a body cold and generally naked; stern and expressive countenance; harsh voice; mostly lurid color; filthy odor; a few are furnished with a horrid poison; all have cartilaginous bones, slow circulation, exquisite sight and hearing, large pulmonary vessels, lobate
liver, oblong thick stomach, and cystic, hepatic, and pancreatic ducts: they are deficient in
diaphragm, do not transpire (sweat), can live a long time without food, are tenatious of life, and have the power of reproducing parts which have been destroyed or lost; some undergo a
metamorphosis; some cast (shed) their skin; some appear to live promiscuously on land or in the water, and some are torpid during the winter.
Heart: 1 auricle, 1 ventricle. Cold, dark red blood
Lungs: breathes uncertainly
Jaw: incumbent
Penis: (frequently) double
Eggs: (usually) membranaceous
Organs of Sense: tongue, nostrils, eyes, ears
Covering: a naked skin
Supports: various, in some none. Creeps in warm places and hisses
Linnaeus often regarded reptiles within the amphibian class because living in
Sweden, he often noticed that the local reptiles (examples include the
common adder and
grass snake) would hunt and be active in the water.
In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Linnaeus included several species of fishes (that do not belong the superclass
Osteichthyes) into the amphibian class. It was not until later on that he would merge them into the Fish class and give them their own new order "Chondropterygious", defining them as species with cartilaginous gills.
Linnaeus divided the amphibians based upon the limb structures and the way they breathed.[2]
Reptiles
The
European pond turtle was named Testudo orbicularis and Testudo lutaria in 1758.
The
Carolina anole was named Lacerta principalis in 1758.The
Sand Lizard was named Lacerta agilis in 1758.The
Smooth Newt was named Lacerta vulgaris, Lacerta palustris and Lacerta aquatica in 1758.The Common Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon, was named Lacerta chameleon in 1758.
^Except for Rana marginata, the modern identities of all Linnaeus' names in Rana are taken from Kitchell & Dundee (1994).[2]
^The modern identities of all Linnaeus' Serpentes taxa (genera Crotalus, Boa (except Boa scytale), Coluber, Anguis, Amphisbaena and Caecilia) are taken from Kitchell & Dundee (1994).[2]